From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DevFS support for /dev/cpu/X/(cpuid|msr)
Date: 8 Jan 2002 09:17:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a1f9j9$5i9$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020106181749.A714@butterlicious.bodgit-n-scarper.com> <200201070140.g071ewk21192@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> <20020108111302.A14860@mould.bodgit-n-scarper.com> <20020108201451.088f7f99.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Followup to: <20020108201451.088f7f99.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
By author: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> It's unfortunate that /proc/sys and /proc suck so hard that good coders go
> to great lengths to do anything else [see previous /proc/sys patches].
>
/proc/sys is pretty cool. However, procfs has no permission control
system set up, unlike /dev. This is inherent; adjusting sysctls is a
root-only function and cannot be made otherwise.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-08 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-06 18:17 [PATCH] DevFS support for /dev/cpu/X/(cpuid|msr) Matt Dainty
2002-01-06 19:34 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-06 20:43 ` Matt Dainty
2002-01-06 21:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 21:11 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-06 21:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 21:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 21:08 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-06 21:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-06 21:36 ` Russell King
2002-01-07 0:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-07 1:31 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-07 1:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-07 1:40 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-07 1:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-08 11:13 ` Matt Dainty
2002-01-08 9:14 ` Rusty Russell
2002-01-08 12:02 ` Matt Dainty
2002-01-08 17:35 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-08 17:17 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-01-09 1:01 ` Rusty Russell
2002-01-09 3:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 3:28 ` Rusty Russell
2002-01-09 3:30 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-09 3:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 5:41 ` Richard Gooch
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-02-18 10:50 Ishan Jayawardena
2002-02-18 18:25 ` Richard Gooch
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